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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
People really don't give Guentzal, Kessel, Hagelin, Dumoulin, Daley, Sheary, Rust, Schultz, Bonino etc enough credit. The Pens under Rutherford specifically are a team that doesn't fill their ancillary roster with mediocrity, which as Brad Treliving has shown - is very easy to do. Now with the injury to Letang and more recently Schultz, have they needed Malkin and Crosby to be Malkin and Crosby? Yes, without a doubt. But when healthy they are truly impressive.
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You replace Crosby, Malkin, Fleury/Murray with Monahan, Backlund, Elliott, and the rest of the pens are pretty mediocre.
Hagelin, Daley, Schultz, and Bonino are cast offs, they aren't any better than the "crap" that you are suggesting Treliving has filled the Flames roster with.
The only thing special about the Pens are Crosby and Malkin. It's crazy to see how under appreciated Malkin is. He should be considered the front runner for his second Conn Smythe right now. Half of the guys on the nhl's greatest 100 players list don't have the resume he has.
I'd argue he is every bit as big a contributor to the Pens success as Crosby has been.